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Artificial intelligence news and analysis: what's real, what's marketing, and what it means for you.

AI Toolkit #4: Calm ChatGPT's new look and scan to PDF

Seven practical tips: plainer ChatGPT answers, multi-page scans to PDF, audio transcripts, the try-on selfie ChatGPT keeps, Claude's monthly recap, Copilot's memories and Gemini dictation on Mac.

Prompt library #2: bills, scams and autumn admin

Ten tested, copy-and-paste AI prompts for October's paperwork: price-change letters, renewal quotes, small print, scam checks, interview prep and a Christmas budget.

AI tool news: GPT-6 for all, a cheaper Haiku, Claude credits

Nine tool-level changes from 5 to 9 October: GPT-6 and Intelligent UI reach every ChatGPT plan, Claude Haiku 5.5 slashes prices, Max and Team plans get API credits, plus the dates to watch.

GPT-6 turns ChatGPT answers into mini apps

OpenAI's GPT-6 brings Intelligent UI to all ChatGPT users, mixing text with charts, buttons, maps and calculators. Useful, but a polished chart is still just a claim, and free UK users also see ads.

AI Toolkit #3: seven free features worth knowing

Seven AI features that cost nothing extra: Gemini Skills, making a smaller allowance last, a ChatGPT privacy check-up, flashcards, pronunciation help and more.

Which AI model? The October 2026 guide

The best AI model or tool for each everyday job this month, with runners-up and UK prices. Free Gemini changes knock out one of September's picks.

AI Playbook #2: Write a complaint that gets results

Use AI to turn a faulty-product problem into a clear timeline, a firm complaint letter citing UK consumer rights, and an escalation plan. Five prompts and a checking routine.

Gemini gets smarter at the top, smaller at the bottom

Google has announced Gemini 4 Argon, its new top model. From 9 October, free Gemini users drop to Flash-Lite only. What changes, and what it costs to keep Flash or Pro in the UK.

AI tool news: Sonnet 5.5, dots and Gemini Skills

Ten AI tool changes from 28 September to 5 October 2026: what changed, who gets it, whether it works in the UK, and what's coming next.

AI Toolkit #2: eight features that save you typing

Scheduled tasks, camera and screen sharing, precise image edits, safer chat sharing and one-click exports: eight underused ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini and Copilot features, with UK plan details.